Moto E 2015 is going to receive the Marshmallow update after all, albeit in select regions

Motorola has updated its list of devices scheduled to receive Android 6.0 Marshmallow, and a notable addition is the Moto E 2015. When Motorola published the original list in October, the Moto E's omission was quickly noted, particularly because the device went on sale just a few months earlier and the manufacturer promised timely updates.

And although Motorola will roll out the Marshmallow update to the Moto E 2015, it will only be available in select regions, which include Canada, Europe, Latin America, and Asia (excluding China). It doesn't look like the update will be rolled out to customers in the U.S., as Motorola's software upgrade page makes no mention of the Moto E.

Lol Motorola you son of a b*tch you got me again. Definatly done with anything other than Nexus when I get the chance. To be fair,I've heard Samsung is at least trying,and going as far as to update the s4 to marshmallow apparently. I want those updates immediately though.

Bought this phone for my girlfriend's son in Colombia, not expecting an update. Good news. Great cheap phone by the way compared to the junk that was available for just $20 less. I've bought for my family and employees MotoG 1,2,3 and MotoX 1 and 2 and this Moto E recently. Only downside is the batteries are too small.

Unlocked, carrier free US models may still get the Marshmallow update. If it's tied to Verizon, Cricket, or the alike it most definitely won't. Only time will tell. But let's face the facts, if you bought a Moto E, you probably don't care what OS version you're using. You bought it for cheap talk, text, and data. Or you bought it for grandma or your child (like I did). My 8 year old only cares that Asphalt 8 works on his, not what Android version it has.

It is amazing how many people on here think that just because the E is less expensive, that it shouldn't get Marshmallow. That is a crock. It is Moto's best-selling phone, and they should keep it updated no matter the price.

I actually really like it, if I weren't spoiled with a G2 and Note Edge.. Build quality is nice and it runs very smooth for what it has inside. Only think I wish it had was root, then it would be a serious contender for my daily driver :) then again I don't use the camera often on my phone, and I added a 32GB Sdcard, since it only has 8gb of storage.. Black Friday deals lol

I feel like most of the target audience of people using this phone would not care that it won't be updated, and by most I mean the "non geeks" that usually don't keep up with stuff like this. That's why we are still seeing Froyo and Gingerbread show up on that chart.

Most likely they're referring to the model. For example, the US Moto E LTE is a surnia RETUS (for retail US). It's likely they'll identify the device ID and not update RETUS, while they'd update RETCAN (just made that up, maybe that's the Canada version's name, I have no idea)

When they say "not released in the US" they don't mean any sort of geo-blocking. They mean the model that was meant to be sold in the US. If you have that model, even if you were living in Mars, you wouldn't get the update.

Once the update is made, it barely matters at all what region they release it to, so this makes zero sense - unless there's carrier pressure, which seems unlikely in this case. Either way, since the first news of lack of 6.0, I was done with Motorola. If they release 6.0 I'll update my Moto E LTE, otherwise I'll go with the Cyanogenmod 12.1 that should have a stable 5.1.1 release soon (see here https://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=surnia&type=). Whatever happens, my next phone in 2016 will be a Nexus. I'm done playing OEM bullsh*t.